Led by beautiful photography, take an inspirational tour around the garden for helpful growing advice and step-by-step instructions for creating over 35 projects, edibles, and art from your garden.
In
A Woman’s Garden,
the creative force behind LovelyGreens.com, Tanya Anderson, shares the great variety of ways you can use the power of plants for home and health.
Gardens grow more than just pretty flowers. They grow well-being and
a deeper connection with nature
. Gardens can also produce plant material for
creating homemade skincare
,
natural dyes
artisan crafts
delicious foods and beverages
, and
medicines
—homegrown ways to create a wholesome lifestyle.
Making things with your hands and heart
, and then sharing the fruits of your labors with friends and family, is both satisfying and soul-stirring. Learn
how to grow dozens of plants
and then
transform them into gorgeous items to nurture yourself or gift to others
.
Visit the
kitchen garden
where you will find tips for growing your own produce and learn how to make a strawberry planter from a pallet.
Embrace the joys of
edible flowers
—learn to make floral ice cubes and food featuring flowers, both savory and sweet.
Enjoy the flavors and scents of
culinary herbs
, which you will learn to use to enhance cooking oils, drinks, and pasta.
Grow and harvest plants and flowers to make
skin care products
such as herbal bath fizzies, lavender and alkanet soap, and more.
Grow plants for
herbal medicine
, including chamomile for calming tea and calendula for healing minor cuts and scrapes.
Cultivate an array of
plants with uses around the home
, including rosemary and citrus kitchen-cleaning spray and lavender for scenting linens.
Brighten your world with
plants for dyeing wool and cloth
—learn methods for extracting color from a rainbow of different plants, including goldenrod, onions, and butterfly pea flower.
Make a garden that overflows with creativity by
crafting garden makes
such as fossil imprint stepping-stones, papier-mache leaf lanterns, and pressed flower candles.
In addition to
a wealth of hands-on projects
, you’ll take a trip around the globe and
visit the gardens of 8 women
, including Deanna Talerico from Homestead and Chill, Ashlie Thomas from The Mocha Gardener, Melissa Will from The Empress of Dirt, Rekha Mistry from Rekha’s Garden and Kitchen, Giovanna Becker from Herbstead, in addition to several others.
Find
inspiration, healing, health, and happiness right outside your own backdoor
with
A Woman's Garden